Kay Bommer Elected as Chairman of the Global Investor Relations Network GIRN

SYDNEY and HAMBURG, February 19, 2010 - At yesterday's member meeting, the national IR associations that form the
Global Investor Relations Network (GIRN) voted in the Managing Director of
the German IR association (DIRK), Kay Bommer, as its new Chair. He follows in
the footsteps of Ian Matheson, CEO of the Australasian Investor Relations
Association (AIRA), who had held the position since the GIRN was founded in
September 2008 and has now retired as Chair.

"DIRK is one of the founding members of GIRN and Kay Bommer in particular
has played a major part in establishing this grouping that now has 24 members
around the world," explains Ian Matheson. "Our 'association of associations'
will benefit from his many years of experience at the helm of a sizeable IR
association and his involvement in establishing vocational and further
training in the field of IR."

Kay Bommer thanked the founding chairman, who will continue to be active
within GIRN after his chairmanship is over: "Our network would not be where
it is today without the groundwork put in by Ian nor without his
indefatigable commitment. During his chairmanship, almost two dozen new
members joined the network, the GIRN website was set up and the first survey
of international IR associations was carried out."

Kay Bommer endorsed the Steering Committee set up under the initiative of
Ian Matheson and announced that further committees of experts from the pool
of GIRN members would be created. The Steering Committee focuses on issues
relating to the further development of the network. In addition to Kay Bommer
and Ian Matheson, its members include Jeffrey D. Morgan (President and CEO,
NIRI), Michael Mitchell (General Manager, IRS) and Tom Enright (President and
CEO, CIRI).

For more information about GIRN see www.GIRNet.org

    For further information:
    Kay Bommer
    Chairman, GIRN, and
    General Manager, DIRK
    Email: chairman@girnet.org
    P. +49-(0)40-4136-3960
    F. +49-(0)40-4136-3969
    www.girnet.org

For further information: Kay Bommer, Chairman, GIRN, and General Manager, DIRK, Email: chairman at girnet.org, P. +49-(0)40-4136-3960, F. +49-(0)40-4136-3969, www.girnet.org